Press Release Images for Painted Metaphors: Pottery and Politics of the Ancient Maya

Incense Burner and Lid in the Form of a Deity Head, Aintun Cave System, Sepacuite Valley, Guatemala, Late Classic (600–800 C.E.), pottery, 12 x 8 x 6 inches. Collection of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 37-12-44.

Lid, Head in the Shape of a Bearded Man, Chipal, Guatemala, Postclassic (900–1200 C.E.), plumbate pottery, 6 x 6 x 9 inches. Collection of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, NA11451.